Discussion of public health and health care policy, from a public health perspective. The U.S. spends more on medical services than any other country, but we get less for it. Major reasons include lack of universal access, unequal treatment, and underinvestment in public health and social welfare. We will critically examine the economics, politics and sociology of health and illness in the U.S. and the world.

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Will Massachusetts continue to lead the nation?

We are the first state to have same sex marriage -- and it's going to stay that way. We passed a tobacco tax through a voter referendum, and we got tobacco smoke out of 100% of our workplaces including restaurants and bars. Now the Massachusetts Public Health Association and its allies (long, long list in the link) are fighting to stop poisoning our school kids with sugary soda and junk "food." (Link is a PDF.)

We know the "food" industry will fight this with tooth, nail, lies and a storm surge of their ill-gotten dollars. Help MPHA fight back.